Peter's POV

Edmund and Peter looked at each other as they were being flown into the castle. A little farther ahead Peter could see David flying in. A few moments later they were dropped on the ledge and quickly shot both the guards on the tower ledge. Peter glanced at Edmund, and quickly left with David, leaving Edmund standing there, simply waiting to give the signal with his flashlight. Peter and David met up with Susan in the library. David was trying to persuade Peter to let him go fight Miraz.

"Please, let me fight him. I won't let what he did to Elise go unnoticed." David's eyes seemed to flash at the remembrance.

"It's too dangerous! Besides, you and I need to get the gate open!" Peter responded with a slight tinge of anger in his voice. He wanted to revenge for Elise as well, but it just wasn't practical.

"Peter!" Susan's voice cut in. "Let him go, you and I can handle the gate." Peter knew that Susan was defending David, but he wanted to win this one.

"No. I am king, and you will do as I say. Susan, come with me. David, go help Edmund and meet me in the courtyard as instructed." Peter commanded, and turned to leave the room. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Susan and David in each others arms, which only made him angry. Even his own sister was falling for this traitor.

After making sure all the guards were dead, Peter headed to Miraz's chamber to make sure he wasn't awake. Susan followed him, and they walked in the door only to see David pointing a sword at Miraz's throat with his wife point a bow and arrow at David.

"David!" Susan cried from behind him.

"You were supposed to be in the courtyard by now! The whole attack will be ruined!" Peter said angrily. David ignored both of them and pressed the sword into Miraz's neck, as a trail of blood ran down his throat. Just at that moment, Miraz's wife shot the arrow, hitting David in the shoulder. David cried out in pain as Miraz ran from the room. Peter and Susan knew that they must go, and ran down to the courtyard. Peter knew deep down that the attack was going to start too late, and the alarm would be sounded, but he wanted to show David anyway.

Peter ran through the courtyard quickly, Susan right behind him. He began to spin the wheel briskly, as soldiers began to fill the courtyard behind them.

"Exactly who are you doing this for Peter?" Susan asked him with anger in her voice. Their armies filled the courtyard, as Peter grabbed his sword and began to fight. Susan was right behind him shooting arrows, killing just as many men as he was. He spotted Elise out the corner of his eye being attacked by a soldier from behind. Peter sprinted towards her, running his sword through the soldier just as he was about to stab Elise.

"Thank you," She yelled above the roar, as Peter hugged her to himself quickly and wished she wasn't here in danger. At that moment, he looked around and saw that it was hopeless. There were men lying everywhere dead, and the gate had been lowered. As he watched in horror, the gate descended, but was all of a sudden stopped by a bull. He held the gate up, and Peter knew what he must do.

"FALL BACK!" He yelled. "Fall back!" He grabbed a horse, swung up, and rode toward the gate, grabbing Elise along the way. All his men began to ride out, animals, beasts. Peter just made it out, and turned to make sure that David had Susan. He did, and they had stopped right ahead over the bridge. Peter turned, only to see that the bull had been shot with about twenty arrows, and he collapsed, the gate closing on top of him. Peter felt sorrow overcome him as he saw his men trapped behind the gate, crying for him to save himself. Behind him, Elise sat with tears in her eyes.

"Peter, the bridge!" Edmund cried and Peter turned and barely made the crossing as the gate rose.

The march back into the fortress with the straggly band of soldiers made Peter feel embarrassed and humiliated. Susan and David walked behind him, Elise beside him. Lucy ran up the ramp to them.

"What happened?" She cried in dismay seeing the looks on their faces and the lack of soldiers with them.

"Ask him!" Peter said with fury, pointing to David.

"Peter!" Susan cried with shock.

"Me! You were the on who insisted on having the attack even though it was doomed to fail!" David shot back.

"If you hadn't stayed and taken longer to threaten Miraz, that never would have happened. We would have made it to the courtyard in plenty of time, with the alarm not raised!" Peter screamed at him. "I wish you and your family had never come here, it has just meant doom for the entire world of Narnia." He caught the hurt and betrayed look on Elise's face, and for a second he felt some guilt, but that quickly disappeared as David stormed into the fortress, with Susan right behind him.

Elise's POV

Elise watched, as Peter sat quietly, looking at the wall. He was sitting on top of the stone table, staring at the picture of Aslan. She walked up behind him slowly, trying to process all that had happened in the last twenty four hours. Peter's comment about wishing they had never come had hurt, it had hurt a lot. But deep down, Elise knew that Peter hadn't meant her, he was just upset and was taking it out on David. She had managed to get over some of the hurt by realizing this, and was now approaching Peter.

"Pete?" She whispered. He turned to look at her, and she saw tears glistening in his eyes. Without speaking a word, he pulled her to him, wrapping her in his strong arms. She cried softly on his shoulder, and she could feel his tears on her shoulder as well.

"I'm sorry," he whispered back. "I didn't mean it, any of it." She could hear the remorse in his voice.

"It's okay, I know you didn't. We're all hurting, and we're all saying things that we don't mean. David knows you didn't mean it too." She comforted him, staying warm in his embrace.

"You're all becoming like my own brothers and sisters, and I never wanted to hurt you." Elise pulled back at this.

"Like a sister? That's what I am to you?" She said with a bit of accusation and hurt in her tone.

"I didn't mean you silly!" He grinned at her. "You're much more than that to me."

Elise smiled back at him and before she knew it, he was leaning towards her. He stopped before reaching her lips.

"What's wrong?" She asked him.

"We shouldn't do this here," he answered her. "The others might walk in at any second, and I think that," She cut him off then, reaching and grabbing his head and yanking it down to meet her lips in a passionate kiss.